Mud lug for automobile wheels



New. 4 1924. 1,514,311

G. s. cAscADDAN MUD lLUG FOR AUTOWOBILE WHEELS Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

Unirse strates GOLDY S. CASCADDAN, OF POQTIACMICHIGAN;

ivrUn LUG ron AUTOMOBILE WHEELS.

Application filed November 19,1923.' sei-iai No. 675,733.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: n

Be it known that I, GoLDr S. CASCADDAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mud Lugs for Automobile Wheels, of which the following is a specilication. f j

The object of my said invention isthe l0 provision of an eflicient lug constructed with a view to being expeditiously and easily attached to and detached from a drive wheel of a motor vehicle; the said lug in use being adapted to increase the traction of a wheel so as to enable the wheelto take better hold of a road and in that way work` itself out of mud holes and other bad places in'a road.

To the attainment of the foregoing,v the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed. In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification v Figure l is a side elevation of al portion of a wheel showing my novel lugin working position thereon. f

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section taken through the rim and tire portion of the wheel and showing my novel lug ".o in elevation.

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the end of the lug opposite to that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4L is a longitudinal central section of the lug with the parts in the positions they occupy when the lug is locked about the rim and tire of a wheel, said view also showing by dotted lines the position in which the inner bar of the lug is placed for the ap- -io plication and removal of the lug.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The wheel illustrated is of the ordinary well known truck type and is numbered l, the said wheel being one of the drive wheels of a truck and it is obviously advantageous to apply my novel lug to a drive wheel of a motor vehicle.

The novel lug may be made of steel or of any other material compatible with its purpose, and among other elements it comprises an outer bar 2 adapted to rest transversely of the wheel tire at the outer side thereof. The said bar 2 is preferably of triangular form in cross-section and is arranged with its apex outwardly so as to enableit'totake better hold of a road. Formed integral with or otherwise appropriately'lixedwith respect to the outer bar Q is an `endbar 3 which is provided with a bifurcation 4. At the opposite end of the outer bar@ and appropriately fixed' with respectk thereto is an end bar 5 in which is an aperture 6. It 'will be noticed at this point that in the preferred embodiment of my invention the end bars 3 and are slightly divergent as they recede from the bar V f In addition to the outer bar 2 and the end bars 3 and v5 whichconstitute fa bail-shaped body, my novellug comprises a llocking bar 7 a latch lever 8 and a bail-shapedvadjustable keeper 9 for the said latch lever. `The locking bar 7 yis'reduced at one end and is hingedly connected in the bifurcation f4' of the end bar 3 as designated by 10. The opposite end of the locking bar 7 is bifurcated to receive yan intermediater portioniof` the latchA lever 8 whichis' hinged to the locking bar 7 at the point l1. The forward end p0rtion of thel latch lever 8 is preferably'reduced toa portion of circular form in crosssectioinand it will Valso be noted thatl the latch lever 8 is of such angular formation that when the said forward end portion of the latch lever is positioned in the aperture 6 of the end bar 5 the major portion of the inner arm of the latch lever 8 will rest close against the adjacent side of the locking bar 7. The inner arm of the locking bar 7 is preferably tapered toward its free end as illustrated for the better manipulation of the bail-shaped keeper 9 which is hingedly connected at l2 to the opposite edges of the locking bar 7. ln the practical use of my novel lug it will be manifest that while the locking bar 7 is positioned with its appurtenances as shown by dotted lines in Figure Ll, the lug may be readily placed over or removed from the rim and tire portions of a wheel, and it will also be appreciated that in order tor secure the lug on the wheel it is simply necessary to position the outer end of the latch lever 8 in the aperture 6 and move the inner arm of said latch lever 8 against the locking bar 7, and then swing the bailshaped keeper 9 over the free end of the latch lever so as to X the same with respect to the locking bar 7. l/Vhen this operation is carried out it will be apparent that 110 Y positi'ovnvsfhown by-f-dotted linesin Eigurei,`

after which the locking-,bar Tmay` be readilyv swung ontheenthbar 3 for thedisengageA menti of: thel lugy from thetirev` and rim .poritionso'f the wheel.

It willibei appa-rent fromA the foregoing that notwithstanding its practicall advan tages audits capacity. of; function lasisindi-v cated, my novel lug is simple and inexpenf sive in construction and at the same timeis welliadaptedfto withstand the rough usage i toy which traction Wheel, attachments are;

ordinaril'y'.r subjected. Y

Ii have entered finto f aidetailed description of thexconstruction andirelative arrangem enti` of; the; p artsfy embracedin. thel present andi preferred embodiment ofAv my invention inE orden-to impart aifull, clear and exactV unden-- standingfofthe said ernloodirnent-I I. do not: rflesfire; howevery to be understood ast-confini ing-myselfl to thes'pecific construction andi relative;t arrangement of paints', inasmuch asf iny the; future practice: of; the invention;A various:` changes and modifications` mayibe@- made. such as fall Withinthe scope of my invention as dened'in the appended'claims.

Having described my invention7 what I .claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1S I l. A mud lug comprising a body having an outer barandend bars, one of the end bars beingb-ifurcated and the other being provided with; an aperture spaced from the outer bar, a. lockingbarhingedly connectedat, one endin the bifurcationof one end bar ofthe body. andhavingabifurcation in its,

opposite end, an angular lever fulcrumed at anintermediate point of its length in the bifurcation ofthe locking bar and having anouter reduced portion of circular formiin cross-section and also having an inner tapered arm, Iand afbail-shaped keeper hingedly. connected tothe inner portion ofi the locking bar and adapted tobe swung on and off the tapered end portion ofthe latch leven 2i, A, mudllug comprising a. body shaped to straddle the ftire andrimportions of a Wheel andhaving. an aperture in oneend, a locking. bar hingedly co-nnected'to the opposite end ofthe bodyia latch lever fulcrumed at 5 an intermediate point. of its lengthion the lockinglba'r and having an outer portion adaptedito be socketed in the said aperture ofthe; body.,y and a ikeeper for. thelatch lever carried by the locking bar and adjustable thereonl into` and out., of4 engagement with theY latch lever.

In testimony whereof 'I afhx my signature,

eoLnr s. onsoADnAN; 

